Friday, February 13, 2015
La Gata #118 2/13/15 El Fin: Was this the finale to "El Garabato" or La Gata? (™LN)
First of all, I want to thank Diva for taking on the leadership for both DQTQTQ and then for allowing me to drag her kicking and screaming into this mess. Mea culpa.
Eli-Thank you for jumping in there and with such wit and style. I can't tell you how many times in real life something has happened and I've thought "Oh the F*ckery!"
Lila-You are a pro. Special kudos to you. First time recapper AND it's with this dreck. Any recapping from now on will be a piece of cake.
I am excited that the team is sticking together for La Sombra del Pasado.
Finally many thanks to each and every commenter who stopped by. On a show like this, your support was SO appreciated. The patio has been an absolute blast and I feel really privileged to share it with fun folks like y'all.
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Thursday, February 12, 2015
La Gata #117 Thursday, 2-12 Redemption
La Gata Patio PEEEEEPS! Whaaaasssuup? My time recapping this thang, that’s whussup! Hallelujah and I only had minimal Lowencha and G-spot tonight! Yes!
This will be short, I don’t know about sweet because everything centered around poor little Carlos Horacio’s diagnosis of leukemia. While Victor is getting this difficult news Ines, Rita and Cha Cha are back at Victor’s apartment where Ines is grilling Rita about “Garabato’s” life, does he have a wife? Why did the child call her abuela? Ines begs and finally Rita breaks and tells her that Carlos Horacio is her son!
Now. If Victor told little Carlos he has leukemia, I missed it. We are served flashbacks from earlier in the day when Carlos Horacio (CH) saved Virginia and Vic tells him he has to fight but I didn’t hear him explain why. Papa and hijo hug tenderly.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
La Gata #116 - Wed 2/11 - La Ironia
Pablo regrets saying he wanted a separation, per Fernando. And now that he's said it, he doesn't know how to take it back.
Augie advises Lo to get Esme out of the house. No worries, Lo's got a plan. And she's going to get Mariano, too, damnit.
HatBroShrink is up in…Mariano's apartment? planting the One Ring.
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Augie advises Lo to get Esme out of the house. No worries, Lo's got a plan. And she's going to get Mariano, too, damnit.
HatBroShrink is up in…Mariano's apartment? planting the One Ring.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
La Gata #115 2/10/15 La Manipulación
This is your mother-in-law.
This is your mother-in-law on drugs (steroids to be precise.)
I started taking notes and then I was drawn into this...
...incredible (as in beyond belief) turn of events. It was like a train wreck and I couldn't stop watching. So I gave up notes after a while. Pabs and Esme fight for pretty much the whole episode with short interruptions for commercials and our other story lines. I'm not sure how to cover this. I definitely didn't take notes because this was the part that just left me gobsmacked. There's some condensing and combining for sure.
I know it was in the Refrito, but Meche says something to Dam about lying to Vicky. So he must have something up his sleeve, but poor Vicky thinks she's just been demoted to second fiddle. Not cool, Dam.
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This is your mother-in-law on drugs (steroids to be precise.)
I started taking notes and then I was drawn into this...
...incredible (as in beyond belief) turn of events. It was like a train wreck and I couldn't stop watching. So I gave up notes after a while. Pabs and Esme fight for pretty much the whole episode with short interruptions for commercials and our other story lines. I'm not sure how to cover this. I definitely didn't take notes because this was the part that just left me gobsmacked. There's some condensing and combining for sure.
I know it was in the Refrito, but Meche says something to Dam about lying to Vicky. So he must have something up his sleeve, but poor Vicky thinks she's just been demoted to second fiddle. Not cool, Dam.
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La Gata #114 Never trust a proven liar
I'm still working on watching the show-so feel free to comment while I try and get through this! Pray for me!
Okay, well, I don't know where to start but I guess I'll start by making a list of things Lorenza has done and gotten away with.
Okay, well, I don't know where to start but I guess I'll start by making a list of things Lorenza has done and gotten away with.
- Kept Pablo and Esmeralda from getting in touch with each other-it was proven that she had a hand in this, yet nothing happened to her.
- Was horrible to Virginia-at her wedding: Nothing happened to her
- Was in on Esmeralda's kidnapping, got caught and nothing happened
- Was the master mind behind the whole Juan Garza plot and nothing happened to her
- Tried to KILL HER OWN GRANDCHILDREN AND WHAT DID SHE GET?
NOTHING. A BIG OL NOTHING. IN FACT THE MOTHER OF THE CHILDREN SHE TRIED TO KILL NOT ONLY LIVES WITH HER BUT ACTUALLY CRAVES HER AFFECTION/ACCEPTANCE AND OH SWEET BABY JESUS WHY DID WE KEEP WATCHING!?
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Friday, February 06, 2015
La Gata #113 2/6/15 OFFS
I still hate this show.
I still hate Latoodle.
I am only mildly annoyed with Univision.
For the first time ever I actually hate the protagonista. Please don't be upset, gringo. I still adore Maite to my core, but it is awful how utterly stupid her character has turned out to be.
Don't be alarmed as I also hate the galán.
I might as well get on with this and put me out of my misery.
Leti and Virginia 2.0 discuss how wretched grandma is. She only likes Pablo. Poor girls.
Mariano and Pablo confab. Pablo wants to know about the fortune Fer gave back to the Martinez Negretes. It hasn't been touched in all these years and surely a lot of interest has accrued? Mariano has some bad news.
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I still hate Latoodle.
I am only mildly annoyed with Univision.
For the first time ever I actually hate the protagonista. Please don't be upset, gringo. I still adore Maite to my core, but it is awful how utterly stupid her character has turned out to be.
Don't be alarmed as I also hate the galán.
I might as well get on with this and put me out of my misery.
Leti and Virginia 2.0 discuss how wretched grandma is. She only likes Pablo. Poor girls.
Mariano and Pablo confab. Pablo wants to know about the fortune Fer gave back to the Martinez Negretes. It hasn't been touched in all these years and surely a lot of interest has accrued? Mariano has some bad news.
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La Gata #112 2-5-15 Call CPS Quick, Fast, and in a Hurry!!!
La Gata Patio Peeps, the suffering is not over. Let’s come together to support one another and do all we can to prevent PTSD. I don’t know about you but I certainly need some positive vibes and some laughter cause there sure wasn’t much of that tonight. This episode was surely two-in-one the way it jumped all over the place. Please y’all, show this no mercy. Don’t follow my lack luster example in this recap. As they say on Fox: LET IT RIP!!
About eight or nine years have passed and we open with a birthday party for . . .who? There are eight or nine candles on the cake and the gang’s all there including Virginia, Pablito and Leti.
Carlos and little Virginia are doing well. She is an absolute doll and yes, she is blind, and attends the institute. He adores her and is a loving and proud daddy but little Virginia isn't the only one blind, as we shall see later.
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Wednesday, February 04, 2015
La Gata #111 - Wed 2/4- La Muerte
Tonight, the quote in the heading is especially apt...
"Come, let us gather together and suffer, sisters and brothers." -- Alice
With zero refrito, we go right back to the wedding in progress. Pablo's hair is less sticky-uppy than usual. Esme's locks gleam. They remember their first wedding.
Gi monologues to the lighter…and gets busted by HatBro. She just keeps flicking her Bic uselessly…that's not a euphemism.
The wedding continues. Everyone smiles at each other. Vicky is there, which explains HatBro's presence, sort of. Maybe he doesn't like weddings. Or needed to use the facilities. Yes, Lo, you still don't love Esme. We get it. We got it the last fifty times you said it. Mariano's back to a plaid bow tie…and looking at his mother like he knows what she's thinking. And who doesn't, with that sour expression on her face? Javier is there, looking only slightly less unhappy. They close the deal with a big smooch. Too bad, Gi.
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"Come, let us gather together and suffer, sisters and brothers." -- Alice
With zero refrito, we go right back to the wedding in progress. Pablo's hair is less sticky-uppy than usual. Esme's locks gleam. They remember their first wedding.
Gi monologues to the lighter…and gets busted by HatBro. She just keeps flicking her Bic uselessly…that's not a euphemism.
The wedding continues. Everyone smiles at each other. Vicky is there, which explains HatBro's presence, sort of. Maybe he doesn't like weddings. Or needed to use the facilities. Yes, Lo, you still don't love Esme. We get it. We got it the last fifty times you said it. Mariano's back to a plaid bow tie…and looking at his mother like he knows what she's thinking. And who doesn't, with that sour expression on her face? Javier is there, looking only slightly less unhappy. They close the deal with a big smooch. Too bad, Gi.
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Tuesday, February 03, 2015
La Gata #110 2/3/15 Know Your Enemy
I hate this show.
I hate Ms. Latoodle-oo.
I hate Univision.
As usual, keep those expectations low and pardon my rage induced rant-cap. I didn't take notes and I'll do what I can. I'm trying not to drop the F-bomb all over this.
Fer finishes throwing Lo out of the house and tells everyone that she is NOT to be let back in. Meche wonders if Lo really has repented. *eyeroll*.
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I hate Ms. Latoodle-oo.
I hate Univision.
As usual, keep those expectations low and pardon my rage induced rant-cap. I didn't take notes and I'll do what I can. I'm trying not to drop the F-bomb all over this.
Fer finishes throwing Lo out of the house and tells everyone that she is NOT to be let back in. Meche wonders if Lo really has repented. *eyeroll*.
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La gata #109 02/02/15 Team work people, team work!
Ugh, this episode was lame, yeah sure Jarocha got kidnapped but I have no doubt that she will be rescued.
So we start with Pablo coming home and finding creepy doctor having lunch with Esmeralda, Pablo is not liking this and so he starts talking about what a wonderful day he had with the kids-the kind of day only a real father could give them. Whatever, Pablo. Whatever.
Esmeralda frets because Jarocha is not home yet, Pablo tells her not to worry. She should worry because Jerocha has been kidnapped by Tilico, his good for nothing daughter and one of Garabato's former friends.These three don't understand the concept of team work and fight about everything, including how much each of them is going to get from the ransom money, Ines wants it to be split three ways but Tilico tells her he will determine how much Ines and Garabato's friend get. Team work guys, team work! If you can't trust the people you kidnap with who can you trust?
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Friday, January 30, 2015
La Gata #108 1/30/15 The Plot Thins, No Thickens...Strike that....Thins...
Indulge me while I rant-cap (from memory...so it's out of order)
Most of the first 30ish minutes were crap and filled with flashbacks (*snort* I think I'm being generous.)
Most of the first 30ish minutes were crap and filled with flashbacks (*snort* I think I'm being generous.)
- Refrito
- Pablo looks at a picture of Esme the Revolutionary and can't believe he painted it. Neither can I. She didn't go revolutionary until he was in Valle del Bravo getting shot. Whatever continuity crew.
- Apparently his work induces headaches and flashy flash-backs since he started clutching his head, writhing on the floor and moaning. (I may have done the same.)
- Lo goes to see Fer. They exchange barbs. She didn't even thank him for not putting her in jail. Rude. Ruder still...she shoots the guy! Ok, she missed...still rude. Fer calls her a black widow. I remember that Meche came running. I'm pretty sure Dam came running, too. Did anyone call the cops? Hell no. Meche just said something about making sure Lo made it out the door.
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La Gata #107 1-29-15 How Lo Can You Go?
Hey, y’all, I wish I could start snarky and wax wacky but this episode totally peed me off and if you watched, I know you know why and if you didn’t, well, I’m going to try to get right to the point. First, let me run this other stuff past you:
Damian, Osorio and Fer discuss Lo’s fate. She will pay but the time has to be right. Pablo and Esme have to settle their differences and Virginia is going to marry today. Besides, he wants to talk to Pablo and Mariano first.
Augie is laughing at Lo who is, what’s new, fuming and sputtering about her next venganza. Augie asks if she’s going to Virginia’s wedding while she laments having lost Pablo. Augie continues to laugh about the wedding and asks her in between cackles what are they going to say to people when Virginia has black children.
Fer has his talk with Pablo and Mariano, neither of whom can fix their mouths to ask that Lo not pay for her crimes. This sends them, I guess, cause I wasn’t there, into a flashback fit and I get to see Lo in her clown pants (thanks, Diva). She has shown herself to be heartless. Fer will pursue charges against Lo “after the waters have calmed”. I guess that means after the ho dies.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
La Gata #106 - Wed 1/28- La Redada
Is this the last ride of The Hat: Esme Style? She leaves Pablo to rather literally "watch" over the kids as she goes out for veggies for soup.
Lo is having a hard time getting the cops to understand that she's a woman accustomed to being obeyed.
Vicky is in the DF now and HatBro is on his way. Mariano meets with her to reassure her that Pablo will be back to his old tacky-painting self soon enough. Doc Javier shows up at Vicky's because he heard Pablo disappeared while he was with her. From a flashback, and her face, we find out that Javi has something to do with her Deep Dark Pain that she didn't want to tell Pablo about.
Ines is getting released, per Osorio. Too bad Osorio has been working on that instead of on any number of other matters where his expertise and non-stupidness would have been useful.
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Lo is having a hard time getting the cops to understand that she's a woman accustomed to being obeyed.
Vicky is in the DF now and HatBro is on his way. Mariano meets with her to reassure her that Pablo will be back to his old tacky-painting self soon enough. Doc Javier shows up at Vicky's because he heard Pablo disappeared while he was with her. From a flashback, and her face, we find out that Javi has something to do with her Deep Dark Pain that she didn't want to tell Pablo about.
Ines is getting released, per Osorio. Too bad Osorio has been working on that instead of on any number of other matters where his expertise and non-stupidness would have been useful.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015
La Gata #105 Tuesday 1/27/15 The One With All the Flashbacks
I could barely keep my eyes open during this episode. So...um...yeah.
- Gisela plays roundy roundy for a bit and decides she is going to find Pablo and drag him to Italy if she has to. She leaves to look for Pablo (note: pillows are neatly arranged on couch.)
- Pablo sneaks in right after Gisela leaves looking for information or memories (note: pillows are strewn about the floor.)
- Fer and Esme have an incessant conversation about her being back in the basurero with her peeps. Then he tells her about each peep she left behind and how much they miss her. He's also not thrilled with her current standard of living and wishes she would let him get her some things. Oh, some ridiculous story about the Esme and Pabs story just starting. Please. It started a long time ago and it's time to put it out of its misery.
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La Gata #104 01/26/15 The one where the outfits hella sucked
Bullet point time!
- Silencioso and Co are still looking for Esmeralda
- Pablo is kind of a jerk, I mean I know that Gisela is a crazy wench, but Pablo does not, and he is treating her like dirt!
- Gisela wants to get the hell out of dodge and is planning a trip to Italy but Pablo refuses to go
- Garza also wants to get out of town before people find out that he and Lorenza are partners in crime, he goes to visit Monicas mom to asks her for his money cause he does not want to go back to the pokey. She tells him Lorenza is in charge of everything so he's gonna have to wait. And he's all like "naw you old bat, pay me my cash!"
- Garza is not happy and starts to choke her, omgeee you guys her eye make up is hideous!
- Monica shows up and sees her mom being attacked so she hits Garza with her mini-clutch purse and knocks him out. WTF does she keep in there? No seriously, how heavy was that little purse that she managed to knock a grown man out?
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Friday, January 23, 2015
La Gata #103 1/23/15 If You Teach a Man to Fish...
Some scenes have been combined.
Gisela has brought her home her stray. She ushers him in with a flourish and a "welcome to OUR home Pablo." He looks a little confused, but this is nothing new. He asks Gi if she's sure he will be able to recover his memory here. She's very sure. He really thinks he should go to the doctor. That's usually how they treat such cases, isn't it. Gi assures him that with her love and "attentions" he will recuperate. She asks for just a few days. Just a few days and her love can cure him. She is his only love. She goes in for a kiss, but Pablo is suddenly wracked with the memory of a gun going off. I think he's disgusted by her crazycooties, too. (That footage of him falling and hitting his head on the rock seems ripe for GIF-ing. I wish I had the skillz to make it happen.) He steps back and accuses Gisela "It was you!!"
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Gisela has brought her home her stray. She ushers him in with a flourish and a "welcome to OUR home Pablo." He looks a little confused, but this is nothing new. He asks Gi if she's sure he will be able to recover his memory here. She's very sure. He really thinks he should go to the doctor. That's usually how they treat such cases, isn't it. Gi assures him that with her love and "attentions" he will recuperate. She asks for just a few days. Just a few days and her love can cure him. She is his only love. She goes in for a kiss, but Pablo is suddenly wracked with the memory of a gun going off. I think he's disgusted by her crazycooties, too. (That footage of him falling and hitting his head on the rock seems ripe for GIF-ing. I wish I had the skillz to make it happen.) He steps back and accuses Gisela "It was you!!"
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Thursday, January 22, 2015
La Gata #102 1-22 In which Pablo is a day late, and a brain short
Good evening, long suffering members of the La Gata patio. Tonight, like most Thursdays we have a suckier than usual episode which yours truly does not mind because it makes for a quick, down and dirty rehash of this mish-mash.
Tonight was filled with lots of flashbacks as everybody remembers those, soul-searing, heart pounding moments of high drama – NOT – that got us here.
Juan Garza’s complaining to Gut sends him into flashbacks of Damian, Fer, Mariano, Pablo and Esme all accusing Garza of lying: the penny drops and Gut asks him when is he going to stop faking? Garza is not Garza, somebody’s paying him and he needs to get out of Gut’s office right now, he never wants to see him for the rest of his life! Wait. Is this the appropriate response for a lawyer? How about calling the authorities? A crime’s been committed here, you’re not breaking up with your boyfriend!
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
La Gata #101 - Wed 1/21- La Limpia
101, you say? Now, that sounds like a theme!
Wilderness Healing 101: You can cure anything with a bundle of sage and an egg. Bongo drums are optional.
Rita shows up and gets Gisela to let her see how Pablo's doing. She starts pulling things out of her bag. Later she picks some weeds and leaves
Hot Chicks 101: They're always hotter before they start talking murder.
Los Barrio Boyz drink booze and talk about how Gi is so hot. Except Garabato. He's seen the crazy.
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Wilderness Healing 101: You can cure anything with a bundle of sage and an egg. Bongo drums are optional.
Rita shows up and gets Gisela to let her see how Pablo's doing. She starts pulling things out of her bag. Later she picks some weeds and leaves
Hot Chicks 101: They're always hotter before they start talking murder.
Los Barrio Boyz drink booze and talk about how Gi is so hot. Except Garabato. He's seen the crazy.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015
La Gata #100 1/20/15 Dumba$$ery Abounds
I'm skipping the old (and probably a lot of the new) and condensing this thicker than Borden's.
Fernando said it best: the trial is a farce. Esme interrupts the Chismosa of the Dump's testimony to ask why she's lying and doing this to la Gata. Then Low interrupts the proceedings to declare that Pablo is the only person that can clear all this up. The judge needs to MAKE Pablo appear!
Gisela stays with Pablo. Mi amors and lots of angustia. Do.not.care.
Garabato is on the bus back to the DF and worries about Pablo. Is he dead or not? And if he is, who could I pay to help him AND keep quiet.
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Fernando said it best: the trial is a farce. Esme interrupts the Chismosa of the Dump's testimony to ask why she's lying and doing this to la Gata. Then Low interrupts the proceedings to declare that Pablo is the only person that can clear all this up. The judge needs to MAKE Pablo appear!
Gisela stays with Pablo. Mi amors and lots of angustia. Do.not.care.
Garabato is on the bus back to the DF and worries about Pablo. Is he dead or not? And if he is, who could I pay to help him AND keep quiet.
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La Gata Recappers Phone Home! Sinopsis La Sombra del Pasado Gran Estreno February 16, 2015 7PM/6 CST
Please contact the blogmom at jane@mappamundi.com if you would like to recap
Time: 7PM/6CST
Producer: MaPat López de Zatarain
Created by: José Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Víctor Manuel Medina Cervantes,
Written by: María Del Carmen Peña
Source material: El Manantial
Santa Lucía is a small town where everyone knows each other and rumors spread like wildfire. Here live two families and over the years they have had many differences and accumulated resentments.
Our tale begins at the hacienda Las Ánimas where the baptism of Cristóbal (Pablo Lyle...eventually), the first born of Severiano Mendoza (Alexis Ayala) and his wife Candela (Alejandra Barros) is being celebrated. The family is rich, powerful and respected in Santa Lucía and the entire town is present for the party.
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